Bayonetta 3 Nintendo Switch Review
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2022
- Bayonetta 3 continues the exploits of the titular umbra witch as she this time takes on the threat of the Humunculi. It has just released on the Nintendo Switch, so is it worth getting? Well, let's find out...
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Happy gaming! Glen
I'm so happy you are covering this Glen! Well done!
I picked this up but I didn't have time to play - Persona 5 Royal sucked me in and I can't get myself to play anything else until I finish it
Just wrapped up Nier on switch and snagged Bayonetta at launch. Loving the combat! It really has quite a nice rhythm to it all and does a good job teaching the moves(as someone who isnt very good at combo games like this).
Out of all the reviewers, this channel is the best. It’s very thorough and I love the grading metric.
I mean they didn't even manage to summarise the plot without getting it wrong. ^^
I’m really not an action gamer (though I’ve played a few in the past) and I know Bayonetta 1 and 2 were a bit difficult for a newbie but the fact they added summons and different types of gameplay (like the platforming) is such a welcome addition! Maybe I’ll pick it up soon
Bayonetta was the reason I bought an xbox 360 after playing it round my best friend's house after school about 10 years ago. We both pre-ordered this one and I am as having as much fun as I did with the first entry back then.
Already finished the game and it's my favorite of the franchise. Such a great game.
It’s my favorite too. I don’t know why everybody’s complaining about the ending. There’s no way they make part four without her
@@armandoarambula5819 yeah people are putting down 95% of the absolute bonkers and lovely story, gameplay, and minigames for just the ending which imo I liked it a lot and I don't think bayoneta will be left out, at the very least we still need a continuation of the story of 2 about Loki and Balder so we will have bayonetta for a long time
Bayo 1 is still my personal favorite. Style, characterization, story and world were at their best. While 3 has the best gameplay, I kinda missed the Bayo attitude.
@@omerbar7518 bayonetta 1 hit right balance. 3 could have been better level design wise. I agree the fighting is the best it's been!
@@omerbar7518 understandable but huge disagree when it comes to story. I didn’t care much about the active story in 1, 2 is the only thing that retroactively made it pretty compelling. Given that this game can stand without the support, I’d say it’s also better in that department too
Was waiting for this. Trust you guys the most. Thanks 😁
This review is exactly as I am experiencing the game. Since I’m not an action game player normally, I started at beginner difficulty and I do find it a bit too easy, since I can’t seem to do anything wrong against opponents, but only get myself killed from my horrible platforming skills. So as an rpg player who loves heavy cut scenes and voice acting, this might be a good game to get some more action elements in my gaming. Thanks for the review and the reduced price thanks to your e-shop cards!
You're very welcome mate! Glen
I'm not picking this one up right now only because of the large amount of great releases in November, but I'll definitely get it soon.
Been waiting for your review! 🥳
I love Bayonetta 3. It brought so much more sass from 2 and I damn love it! Also, I love that you can use the main pistols from the previous games.
Yeah, it's a great deal of fun. Glen
@@SwitchUpYt did gou already finished it? the hype is through the roof in the ending.
The only thing i absolutely HATE are the jeanne levels
oh my god your comparison of Bayo to Elvira/Mae West/Sarah Conner is *so* spot on!!!!!
I don't comment much lately, but I knew your review would come out later but better. The one to watch!
No wonder you're now a 10 times bigger channel! Here's to 10 times more, cheers :D
Appreciate that mate, really means a lot. Glen
Been waiting for this review from you guys 🎉🎉🙌🏽🙌🏽
Thanks man! Glen
I've not really been interested in the Bayonetta series so far, but somehow I've been really liking what I'm seeing with Bayo 3.
....okay, you got me, Viola's Cheshire cat is what got me xD I'll still wait for a nice sale though, or maybe I can get it for Christmas. Thank you for your review!
No worries mate! Glen
I got my copy of this on release day, but I really want to play through 2 before I begin. It's been chilling in my backlog for a while. Might be about time to get my umbra witch on!
I'm with you, I played the 1st one when it was new and didn't get a lot of hype back then. I picked up 2, but never played it. 3 looks good, but I wanna play through 2 before a start 3.
Even if I do t get this I love the reviews. As a fellow teacher I discovered you both during 2020 and really resonated with your style. I currently discovered Astral chains and am working through that and Fez. Keep up switching up! See ya!
Cheers Tim, really appreciate that mate. Glen
What a review!! I was not a Bayonetta fan until now, this game looks great and is something that I really want to play.
U should play the other games too they’re great
@@DIEFORME173 I think I will have to do just that
It’s such an amazing action game!! A must buy
I think some of the 2d stages are a nod to an old arcade game series called Elevator Action (Elevator Action Returns in particular).
Yes, I almost made that reference myself in the review. Glen
Gotta love those opening puns. Great review. Held off on this one because of the currency system but it seemingly doesn't play into the game too much. Now I just have to beat 1&2.
Less and less each game.
Ah man, seeing a game with such great visuals running in 50-60 fps on a 7 watt mobile device in times of power hungry cpu's and gpu's is refreshing!! 😁
Gaming on solar power here so happy days!
1st love the thumbnail. 2nd What took you guys so long to make the review?
I'm really enjoying the game. It's very good at several levels and has several nods to older games and tv shows. The Jeanne animated sequence has Cowboy Bebop written all over it and it's so good.
Very nice review. You guys keep doing such a great job. Thank you, fellas!
I'd say more like Lupin the Third than Bebop. I fail to see the comparison between Jeanne's stages and Bebop. Please provide an example.
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Thank you for the upload
Absolutely loving this best action game in the series by far got the trinity masquerade edition here in Australia and I’m loving where their taking the game and story so far, well done on the review fellas!
Cheers mate!
I have got it, just on the desert level. The game has only really started to hit its stride with me. Up until now it was a little average tbh. The boss just before the desert was great and this environment is more interesting. So I'm hopeful for the rest of the game as I loved bayonetta 2
Wow I love Bayonetta. I had no idea there was a part three! I’m getting it. Hopefully there’s a Black Friday sale.
How could you love bayonetta and not know about part 3 😂 it’s been hyped for a year
@@cidfacetious3722 I don’t know man, but I can tell you that it’s extremely comfortable under that rock😂
Cheers Glen. I haven't played a Bayonetta game since the 1st. Looks as good as I remember.
Cheers mate. Yeah it's a lot of fun. Glen
WOW!! The puns were strong in that intro! 💪 😝😂
😮 your gameplay looks outstanding compared to my switch.. it’s extremely muddy on screen for me
I was fortunate enough to pick up the amazing Collector's edition of this game. I LOVE it, but I still think Bayonetta 2 is ultimately my favorite. The combat in this game, though? *Chef's kiss*. My only gripe is that sometimes I feel like the levels are a little too big with nothing much going on in them. I would have preferred the more linear sections from the previous entries. Still a great game, and Jennifer Hale is queen.
About the level, it's said that Bayo 3 was supposed to be semi open world (like astral chain) but development was slowed down due to it and Nintendo asked plat to make it linear. The open empty maps are leftovers from that vision.
I was wondering when you were gonna review this game.
Another masterpiece. As I've found with every Bayonetta game, it takes a bit of a commitment for it to finally click, getting used to the combat intricacies, learning enemy patterns, and dicovering the fun of replaying levels and shaving of better scores and trying out new weapons and here, also demon slaves. The game has the best replay mechanics of the series by the way, where only the verses which you improved on will be updated on your overall score. Less punishing, more addictive.
Camera has been patched since launch.
Please Platinum Games, patch in a training mode to rival the one found in Devil May Cry 5. I would love to know the reason why they didn't include a deep, customisable training mode for us to get our combo practice on.
Oh my gosh...
I'm about to finish the game very soon, I'm on the last chapter. I'm watching this review and you bring up the orbs that you can use to unlock new skills, I kid you not, I forgot all about that. I don't know whose fault is that and I wonder if that prevented me from doing better in the game with its ranking system and the challenges
Then you may had a LOT of orbs.
I was enjoying the demon summoning and playing as bayonetta until I got to chapter 4. Just not enjoying the second Character at all and thinking bout turning it on easy n back up to speed run them
I knew i will love the review since puns is used
So Excited for this game
Just picked it up today from gamestop. It's so good.
Crushed it on the opening puns this week! So I've never played a bayonetta game. I tried Devil May Cry ages ago and bounced off it. What's the likelihood I'll actually enjoy bayonetta? Is the experience much different?
"Umbralievable" Oh man, pun game on point.
What a good game Just got to find secret leves
Best action game of all time, bar none. I can't get over how good it is. This game SMOKES the last two Bayo games.
Glad you are enjoying it mate. Glen
That’s a fact!!!!
Thinking of getting it
Finished the game this past weekend. Loads of fun, now I’m going backwards to play 2 & 1. I actually enjoyed the confusing storyline, it’s a perfect mess.
Honestly after everything comes together, I don’t even get why people find it quite so confusing, let alone bad especially
What happened to the sectioning of videos? Did YT remove that feature?
My favourite Bayonetta 3
I’ve only played it for about half an hour but looks great 🤗
11/10 I can't put this game down 🔥🤘🏾🖤!!!
I’m so behind. I played bayonetta 1 when it first released but never even tried bayonetta 2. Now we have the third out.
My biggest worry was the change in voice actor for bayonetta but the new voice actress keeps the same attitude and sexiness as the previous bayonetta's and that's the reason I got this game in the first place 😂
Seeing as the Original Bayonetta (on 1 and 2) Died on this game is like a bittersweet strike of Hideki to the Helena Taylor Drama.
Yeah. I'll probably get this someday.
I still have to play the first one!!!!!
Just bought this game on sale at shop I’m 20 minutes in and I can say on switch oled looks amazing like ps4 graphics
Bayonetta is the reason I bought Nintendo switch and I'm enjoying the trilogy.
Bayonetta 3 is amazing but feels different from previous games.
Sometimes the puns are so good I don't even need to watch before I click like 😆
can we expect a sonic frontiers switch version review?
Not a fan of having 3 different currencies. Dmc4 showed that having more than one just makes it so that you have a large amount of both cause you're aren't spending enough of either. Especially with one currency being tied to unlocking attacks only.
This game is no exception and is actually worse with it. But I guess having halos tied to extras only is fine. But the other two are a bit too much
Great game…love evry second of it as well as my kids do enjoyed it a lot
I’ve never played a Bayonetta game, on the basis that it seemed to me mostly like Devil May Cry, which I wasn’t that bothered by. I know a lot of people love this series. Am I wrong not to be interested?
Without spoiling the game, I’m disappointed that I didn’t bring back amiibo functionality
The first game was such an amazing gem that seemed to fly under the radar. Amazing to see a third game out now years later and still the games are great.
Right? I remember when the 1st one came out, I played it and tried to tell my friends about it, and everyone either hadn't heard of it or wasn't interested. I can still say I've never met anyone (in person) that has played any of these games. Reading these comments makes me feel not so alone lol.
Huhuhuh....”titular” hero. I see what you did there Glenn.
Without spoiling, the game's gameplay was absolutely breathtaking (save for some specific sections) but the story was unfortunately a confusing mess. Still, can't wait to spend countless hours completing this game though
I agree about the story, but the gameplay felt off to me.
@@Strictly_Jake Viola's gameplay was definitely a downer
Story is confusing in every Bayonetta game to me XD
@@renardelouve8598 I feel you, it feels like a staple of Bayonetta games to have great gameplay and perplexing stories.
Combat is probably the best out every action game
I love this channel, it's my go to review channel because unlike Bayonetta, the humour is actually good.
This game is just outright bad.
Tons of cut scenes with humour I would have found funny if I was 10 years old.
The camera is shockingly bad.
The action is few and far between and even then, every time there are a few pointless bits of dialogue Bayonetta slows to snails pace whilst they're said.
The combat isn't much fun either. You have these huge enemies with no sense of power to them. Fighting them is really a bit of a drag at times with the camera and graphics just not making things on screen very clear.
Glad I got physical copy 'cos I can trade it in and probably get £13 of my £20 back but still gonna have to drive to the shop to trade this heap of shit in.
It's just like watching a bad film with some very medi action in-between.
There was potential for the huge city scaling on the back of creatures to be really good but it just felt a bit clunky and held back by the camera again.
If you want an action game with not a lot of action and a lot of boring cut scenes, then fire away.
Bayonetta 3 borrowed a lot from Astral Chain. Quite a lot of gameplay mechanics were taken in one form or another from AC. Not complaining, just something I found interesting
platinum games always do that and implement some of the same elements at times which can be a good and bad thing....
Maaaaaan guess i GOTTA get it now
Its a must, best game of 2022 easily.
This game is EPIC!!! I bought the standard and masquerade editions, and I am loving it. Game of the year by a mile.
I did. Still at the plastic cover
Was interested because of 60 fps. I sample play Bayo 1 and 2 before but couldn’t get into the combat. Too much combo memorization and it just wasn’t that much fun. I will past on this one.
I feel the target market this time is anime weebs who love action jrpg's and not bayonetta 1/rising revengance fans. Do i want up close ninja like action? Yes! Do i want to destroy 3 seed pods using a choo choo train controlled remotely to open a door? No! Ninja Gaiden sigma it is then...
It certainly goes pretty big and crazy at times. Glen
Had a blast with this one, I nearly didn't buy it after Digital Foundry kicked the sh1t out of it in their 'tech review' but I'm glad I ignored them.
Digital foundry is a cancer to the gaming industry, they're extremely biased to sony and paid by sony to do so.
yea love this series
Great Stuff!
Best game ever the ending piss me off don't care about the reviews
Fantastic content.
Thanks!
I never found the camera to be an issue to be honest.
That's fair enough mate. Glen
Is the gameplay unique enough to make me become a new fan of this genre? Sometimes hack and slash games feel redundant to me but I'm really considering this
you can start with the first one it holds up really well and the combat its really engaging
@@yamc188 It does hold up? Ok thanks I might have to try it then
Heads up if you play the first look up ways to collect Halos enough times to buy the weapons and items you want (like the most powerful weapon in it called the Rodin) there's also playing the level 100 times to get another weapon and to LOOK EVERYWHERE in every nook and cranny to find Golden LPs to get more weapons
@@drakofox1362 Sweet thanks! I'll have to keep that in mind if I play it. I'll screenshot for future reference
Why do developers always insist on forcing us to fight more and more giant enemies it’s never as fun as fighting a character that’s similar to your own in these kinds of games smh. I swear they don’t play their own games. The constant giant battles is a downgrade imo
they shouldnt have released Nier in the same month, still playing that game xD
Bayonetta 3 would definitely be one of the first purchases for my switch doesn’t
My question is Nier or Bayonetta 3?
Been waiting for this review to see if it nudges me to one or the other, but opinions from others is welcome.
Haven't played bayonetta yet, but personally nier automata is one of the best games I've ever played. Absolutely loved it.
After watching this review, Nier does seem a bit more tempting.
@@scottdixon2505 bayonetta 3 seems to be a lot of fighting things bigger than her. Just hitting legs.
Nier looks to have big bosses, but are other enemies generally small/player sized?
@@gariko most enemies are closer to player size but it has a few big enemies that are usually bosses. Only problem with the enemies is that's it not a huge amount of variety but the gameplay and story makes up for it
Both are amazing
But Bayo 3 gameplay and combat is a lot better than Automata
But Automata has the better story for sure
I have never played bsyonetta but have seen a youtuber plsy 1+2. And they look good. And this gsme looks better than the other two. But it's definitely not a game I'm picking up. I don't like action shooter's. It's just not my style of game. But the games are definitely fun to watch. But you can tell this gsme looks good
Will you be doing a sonic frontiers review. I seen how the gsme looks on pc but curious how it looks. Still getting it on the switch. Got my pre order for it. And from what I seen it looks amazing
This game looks awesome, absolutely loved Bayonetta 1 and 2, can’t wait to sink my teeth into this one, but it’s gonna be awhile before I do.
I’m playing my first ever play through of Persona 5 on the switch!
I played the game, I miss the gory that bayonetta 1 had, 3 didn’t have that. Playing as different versions of bayonetta was nice, but viola is just so bad to use. Jean stages are an addition, but just a 2D platform that’s boring and uncreative. They wanted to just put something new there that doesn’t work. Playing Jean stages were such a drag, even if they take just 10 minutes to complete, it felt like a total waste of a lifetime.
Also Bayonetta is constant ripping her heart out to make even bigger summons, those boss fights, well they feel lackluster and a total downgrade from the usual gameplay. They weren’t fun/enjoyable at all.
But overall, it’s fun to see bayonetta again
Wow that's a very good score! Unfortunately my wallet is not being nice right now ahahah
Could you talk about "It takes two"?
Yeah its overrated and did not deserve game of the year last year.
spoiler alarm: i guess it's gonna score high !
I’m not sure if this game is for me but your review is a polar opposite from Kotaku’s. 😂
I had to stop watching at the opening spoiler explaining the beginning of the game and what a certain character is as I intend to play this game and dont want to know twisty story beats like that .😕
Digital Foundry ripped this game a new one. It definitely needs some work on the technical aspect.
Why not review the story too? This is probably the most story-heavy one, so it feels weird to only passingly mention it
I enjoy it! A little bit less than Bayo 2.
There is a disturbing thing about visuals and I can't get over it. It's the choice of the "transparent" texture effect with dots and grid. The fun fact is that even with emulators, it's the same, it means it's a deliberate visual choice to render this (even if it improves perf')
Combat is waaayyy better
@@minecraftotalwar I can understand but I disagree. For me, it's messier and less readable and the monster invocation doesn't help it. But hey, I find it's still great.
Nice review guys although game isn’t to my taste as well as the sexualisation of the protagonist
I play on PS5 but this looks great! Maybe I get switch 2. I really hope the next switch will have 1080p on portable and at least 1440p on tv🙂
Visuals 18? Did we play the same game?
Visuals not 18? I could ask you the same question!
@@SwitchUpYt the textures and level design are so bad 😕
@@Arimayne thats over exaggerated. Put down the magnifying glass and the game looks great and sometimes better than 2 and 1, especially during witch time.
Bayonetta 3: Astral Chain edition
I don't really get into shoot 'em up type games but this one has me intrigued. At that price point tho I think i'll be waiting for a sale.
Shoot'em up?
It's a hack'&slash/beatemup... Dafuq are you talking about, shoot em up?
I said shoot'em up TYPE game. Not that it was one. And pls don't swear. You don't need to be rude about expressing a different opinion.
Bayonetta 3 was superb and the absolute best of the series imo. It was a Day 1 buy for me and it was everything I wanted from this series, but it went further and it didn't disappoint! I beat it 3 times now and got everything in the game except Rodin's weapon because well..........I've given up on trying to beat him!
I'm happy that 3 fixed alot of the issues I had with 2, the most important in that all of the cutscenes in 3 being actual scenes, not just still-scenes/pictures with them talking in the background, which 2 had way too much of and it made me think that 2 didn't have a good budget or something. The only time 3 used the still-scenes/pictures was when Bayonetta views flashbacks of her other selves, which was good. Not to mention the level of style, excitement, design, and action choreography of the cutscenes was a much higher degree of quality than almost all of 2.
I loved the Multiverse and it was a good move introducing this as it opens many doors for the series now and it perfectly fits in with the World of Chaos being well.....chaotic, which perfectly symbolizes the Multiverse. I loved the different locations this game had from Japan, to China, to Egypt, and then Paris. Seeing alternate Bayonettas was simply fantastic. Even the island of Thule was cool and I wish we had gotten to explore a little of the Altar of the Sky because it had a very majestic design and I liked how it had the Lumen Sage and the Umbra Witch statues and then across is the statue of Aesir within the Altar's core. All 3 Gods of the Trinity of Realities knew of the Multiverse it seems and studied it on Thule.
The story could've been a little more explored because it did feel like alot of important story elements were left out and not properly explained. I don't know if this was done on purpose or if it was convoluted to the point where they missed things. Maybe both??? Either way, Bayonetta's story was always a bit all over the place, but it was easier to understand 1 and 2's as opposed to 3 I'll admit. None the less, the story was engrossing imo and with the help of videos explaining things and having played through it 3 times, I understand it a lot better now!
I don't know if this is just me, but I thoroughly enjoyed that the chapters felt longer in 3 than it did in 2. Each chapter in 3 , to me, had more content and exploration then most of the chapters in 2 and I really enjoyed exploring all the different environments. I hated how 2 had chapters where it was just literally 1 boss battle and then it's over. It made 2 feel so incredibly short and cheap. I'm glad they decided not to do this again in 3 and almost every boss battle in 3 was epic, exciting, and kept you on your toes. The only boss I felt that way about in 2 was the final Balder fight in Inferno. I also enjoyed that 3 had much more bosses.This game's Final Boss was incredibly epic and severely made up for the lackluster anti-climatic final boss in 2. And this game's soundtrack was the best in the series, with the Singularity Definition OST being the best final boss track in the series.
Viola was a nice addition to the series, I have no issues with her and her Fairy Masquerade Rage was cool, but I still abhor her infuriating Witch Time activation! That's the only thing I don't like about her.
The frame rate issues didn't bother me because this is the Switch and we all know it's not gonna give out the same stable quality as the PS4 or PS5 so, graphics and frame rate wise, this was never a problem for me. I'm just grateful for Nintendo saving this franchise and allowing it to get to this awesome game being made. But if they ever released this on PS4 or PS5, I wouldn't say no to it.
As for the ending, I personally loved it. The very beginning of the game showed the stakes being the highest it's ever been with Bayonetta from Viola's world getting killed by Singularity. This game wasn't going to end on a happy note with the extinction of alternate universes and Bayonettas/Arch-Eves dying all across the Multiverse being the backbone of it. What "Our Cereza" does in this final battle is grand and the ending was much more impactful because of it. As for Luka and her together, I have no issue with it because I never saw Jeanne as her lover, she was her sister/best friend. People saw there sexiness, innuendo, and lustful behavior as them hinting that they were in love with each other or maybe that Bayonetta was bisexual, I don't know and I don't care really. Imo, the sexiness, innuendo, and lustful behavior they express with each other is how they've always been, teasing and being proud of being sexy powerful women. You could interpret this either way you want, but whether she ended up with Jeanne or Luka, the other side would've raged and been angry so it's a lose-lose story element imo. Platinum just decided to go for Luka and that's fine with me. I also believe this gives Luka more importance in the grand scheme of things otherwise there would be no point in him being in the series after the first game as then he would just be the comic relief character which is already Enzo imo so we don't really need another one.
All in all, I can't wait to see Bayonetta 4 in the future and I'm eager to see where and how they're gonna bring Bayonetta back. Viola saves her and Luka from Inferno or the Bayonetta from the first game's universe comes back into the mix. Who knows, but theres alot of possibilities and with the introduction to the Multiverse and Fairies, the future of the series is gonna be great!!!